"Education is the foundation of a country, some people say that China is lagging behind the world, is politically backward, is economically backward, is backward organizationally, but in my opinion in the final analysis is the backwardness of people, it is precisely because of the backwardness of people, we can not implement a mature electoral system, because of the backwardness of people, we can not build excellent guns and warships, nor can we really enter the industrial age, in the long run, we can only let people eat meat, and the core of solving this problem is education, only the development of education can solve the reality of the people's ignorance and backwardness, In order to cultivate enough talents, realize China's modernization, and finally let China embark on the road to prosperity, the development of education will be an important goal of Sichuan political axe! From now on, Sichuan's education expenditure will definitely not be lower than military expenditure, and the increase in education expenditure will also be higher than fiscal expenditure! ”

After Qiao Yu finished speaking, the parliamentarians couldn't help but burst into warm applause, most of these parliamentarians are scholars, and they are very enthusiastic about teaching and educating people.

The applause stopped for a long time, and Qiao Yu was also a little excited: "In addition to the above-mentioned major expenditures, it is necessary to allocate 2 million taels to support railway construction, 1.3 million taels for water conservancy project construction, 1.8 million taels for road renovation, and set up a special fund of 700,000 taels for anti-smoking to ban opium and prevent drugs from continuing to plague the people, and continue to consolidate the anti-smoking policy that has been carried over from the previous Qing Dynasty. The development of coal, military industry, aviation! Since the Sichuan side is still in turmoil, and the Guizhou region is not calm, a special fund of 2.5 million yuan must be prepared to guard against the displaced people and deal with the war! ”

Everyone listened to Qiao Yu's speech, and couldn't help calculating in their hearts, railways, water conservancy, and highways would cost more than five million taels of silver, and the local finance should have corresponding expenditures, and the cost was not in decimals, so that everyone couldn't stop talking, but they also knew that the actual gap was even bigger, even if it was invested 10 million, it was not necessarily enough, but in this way, Sichuan's financial gap was more than 40 million taels, and everyone knew that this was still not the problem of calculating the Sichuan-Han Railway, if it was calculated enough, it could reach about 10 million. This governor is a real spender.

"Zhu Gong must also be clear, there will be a huge gap in finance, but I think these things must be done now, and it has been the result of trying to reduce, such as water conservancy problems, many of our current canals and dikes are built in the early Manchu Qing Dynasty, and now they have basically lost their function, in recent years, Sichuan disasters are frequent, we often say that natural disasters [***], but in my opinion, [***] is far better than natural disasters, if we do not speed up the solution of these problems, the development of Sichuan is an empty talk, As for the shortfall, it can be made up by loans and issuing administrative axe bonds, Sichuan's political axe is now running steadily, business and trade are prosperous, and the development potential is huge, this is a huge potential stock, I believe that there are countless shrewd businessmen who have set their sights on Sichuan! ”

As soon as Qiao Yu said this, everyone's hearts suddenly relaxed a lot, since the governor has a way to make money, why should we bother! Then Qiao Yu explained the purpose of each item in detail, and explained it for two hours, and finally the parliamentarians voted to approve it, and Sichuan's finances for 1912 were finally determined.

Sichuan is a very rich province, and Qiao Yu can control Pang Xinxing's industrial and commercial group, so he can spend money so lavishly, but there is still too much difference with the actual gap, since ancient times, Shu Road is difficult to travel, and if the traffic problem is not solved, it will not be able to make Sichuan's industry take off at all, and it can only develop little by little.

"Brother Tang, the infrastructure is bothering you, you must lay a good foundation, and Sichuan cuisine can usher in great development! At the moment, there is not enough money, but this is not a reason to give up, I believe that man will win the day! ”

Tang Yisheng also felt the heavy burden on his shoulders, "Governor, you can rest assured, the people of Sichuan are supportive, lack of funds are not still a pair of hands, now some areas near Chengdu have begun to repair roads on a large scale, build water conservancy facilities, basically the people are voluntary labor, even lunch is their own bringing, the people are the most simple and lovely group of people, as long as you guide well, I believe there is no suffering that can not be solved!" ”

Tang Yisheng paused for a moment, and then asked: "Governor, how to solve the problem of the Sichuan-Han Road, Pu Dianjun and others have been arrested for a long time, if they don't solve it, the Sichuan-Han Railway will not be able to continue to be built!" ”

"It's basically all clear, I've already searched all their family property, and a total of nearly seven million taels have been recovered!"

"These turtle sons are really rich!"

"It's all the people's fat and people's ointment, some time ago the Manchu Qing Dynasty has not abdicated, so there is no final treatment, after all, if everyone in the world knows that it is such a group of profit-hungry bastards who take the lead in attacking the Manchu Qing Dynasty to easily hit the morale of the people, now that the Qing Emperor has abdicated, I will soon announce the results of the treatment, and I have already invited Mr. Zhan Tianyou, it still depends on experts to repair the railway! The layman can only watch and be anxious, and the railway construction in Sichuan still depends on his planning! ”

"Dudu, I remembered when it came to experts, Feng Ru wrote me a letter some time ago, asking about my situation in Sichuan!"

Feng Ru? This name is too familiar, this is the first person in China to fly, but it is a pity that he died young, but now he is still alive, if he can invite this person, there will be hope for aircraft manufacturing in Sichuan.

"Old Tang, is that Feng Ru who made the plane? How is he doing now? ”

Tang Yisheng had already guessed that Qiao Yu would definitely be interested, and he also intended to introduce his friend to Qiao Yu, "Feng Ru is not doing well now, building an airplane requires funds and political axe support, and now he relies on air performances to earn some money to make up for it, and he is also bitter!" ”

"I'll give you this money, but you want you to send a telegram to Feng Ru quickly, let him move to Sichuan as soon as possible, I will give my full support, in addition, the air show is very dangerous, we don't have many talents in China, and we can't easily lose it!"

Tang Yisheng naturally knew the danger of flying, as soon as he heard that an engineer in a dignified place had to earn funds like a singing play, not to mention that it was not a good feeling, after getting Qiao Yu's reply, he hurriedly went to send a report to Feng Ru, and quickly invited this old friend to come to Sichuan to work!

Since the Sichuan army entered Guizhou, the discipline is strict, the autumn has not committed any crimes, in addition to the name of Yang Xincheng, as well as the cooperation of the Kuomintang in various places, the speed of the march is very fast, Liu Xiang with the advance army has approached Zunyi, Zunyi is an important town in northern Guizhou, a famous historical and cultural city, there is a regiment of the Guizhou army stationed here, the regiment commander is named Wang Wenhua, is Liu Xianshi's nephew, since learning that the Sichuan army assisted Yang Xincheng into Guizhou, Liu Xianshi, Ren Kecheng and others were terrified.

Among the three southwestern provinces, Sichuan is rich, Yunnan is strong, and Guizhou is weak and poor, and it is really powerless to resist Sichuan, but Liu Xianshi also knows that the most important thing now is to block the Sichuan army and strive to let the Yunnan army rush to Guiyang as soon as possible, which is a matter of life and death, so Liu Xianshi sent his nephew to Zunyi to guard.

After Liu Xiang heard these situations clearly, he knew that there was a regiment of Qianjun in Zunyi, and the equipment was also very well-equipped, which was guarded by Liu Xianshi's nephew Wang Wenhua, and the other party had a numerical advantage, and also built a city according to the defense, so it stands to reason that it should wait until the follow-up troops arrived, but Liu Xiang knew very well that what the Sichuan army needed most now was speed, so he decided to rely on his own strength to get Zunyi into his hands.